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The Backyardigans
Animated children's television series
The Backyardigans
The Backyardigans ( bak-YAR-dih-gənz) is an animated musical children's television series created by Janice Burgess for Nick Jr. The series was written and recorded at Nickelodeon Animation Studio and co-produced with Nelvana. It centers on five anthropomorphic animal neighbors who imagine themselves on fantastic adventures in their backyard. Each episode is set to a different musical genre and features four songs, composed by Evan Lurie with lyrics by McPaul Smith. The Backyardigans' adventures span many different genres and settings. The show's writers took inspiration from action-adventure films, and many episodes are parodies of films. Janice Burgess had worked as a production executive at Nick Jr. since the mid-1990s. The Backyardigans originated as a live-action pilot episode titled "Me and My Friends", filmed at Nickelodeon Studios Florida and completed in September 1998. The characters were played by full-body puppets on an indoor stage. The pilot was rejected by Nickelodeon, and...
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